bic® poll

10 razors for a quid. last me a year. awesomeness,

All of the above. Well, except for razors, I'm not that stubbly. BUt if I had to choose, then pens it is.

Pens, although I find they do seem to suddenly dry out for no reason, even if there's plenty of ink still inside.

Pens. There's no excuse for disposable razors or lighters really. I'm always losing pens well before they run out though, so it'd def. be more wasteful to keep buying Parkers or something.

I'm not excusing the razors, I'm lauding raptorous praise 'pon dem.

The pen is mightier than the, uhhhhhhhh, razor, uhhhhhhh, stroke lighter

I love their little dude...

What the heck is up with his head though? Is it a Residents tribute? Or is he trapped inside a bowling ball?

Pens!
One of the first things I did when I earnt some money was go and buy a whole box of bics. I was such a geek.

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There was a BIC boycott in the nineties because the family that owns the company was using it's winnings to support Front National. I'm not sure if this is still the case.

Bic razors == terrible. Maybe not the worst, but close.

20 for $0.99 Bic pens == CLASSIC!

word

Medium-point-em-up, yo.

i have three (3) bic® pens resting on keyboard right now. one black, one blue, one blue w/ missing lid. classic.

I've gone over to the dark side of gel roller-ball pens; I've carried one red and one blue to like three different jobs now. The very same ones -- they refill, which I also love.

And no bic razor is getting anywhere like my shower, I'd rather turn furry (and have) than let those giant plastic razor heads near me.

Lighters, on the other hand, are prime for losing esp when yr drunk! So I vote.

the only available brand of single blade razors in my locality

i think each of these items are pretty much garbage.

Wait, why no Bic® markers, pencils, glues, or correction tapes??????

What a Bic® charade this poll is!

I think Bic® man's head is supposed to be the ball in the ball-point pen, what with the ball-point being the novel mindblowing selling point when the pens were first made. I love his little schoolboy knee bumps.

The razors are absolute garbage

They will cut you and you will bleed.

Lighters after using yr keys to remove the child protection = where it's at.

i use the lighters to open cd wrappings, among many other things. if you dont use bic razors, wtf do you use??? serious question.

their pens are pretty much crap, as all know; i havent really used anything other than swiped hotel pins (yeah, similar quality, but free) for years now & i cant recall the kind i preferred in high school. they were fine point & made a scratchy sound which bics obviously dont do. felt very refined.

im torn b/w the razors & the lighters as i never use anything else.

ok i just checked my razors & theyre gilette's. for some reason i have spent my entire life thinking these were bics.

lighters it is.

bid lighter deserves my vote twice because it not only ignites my smokables but also opens my bottled beers

^^^bic lighter

durr

I'd rather turn furry (and have)

-- Laurel, Monday, October 1, 2007 2:52 AM

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flic my bic

i always thought bic was one of those interesting/weird companies since they made such widely different products... poll should have included their surfboards and sailboats, which are quite good!

other companies with a diverse product range: yamaha - music instruments, electronics, motorcycles, kitchens, golf equipment...

Sainsbury's: Beer, confectionary, detergent, car insurance...

lots of japanese companies come to mind - mitsubushi have a disturbing array of businesses

baby purple bic lighter = a+

Bic lighters light smokes, open beer bottles, AND make for much more valuable bartering tokens 3 days into a camping trip than pens or razors.

Although I guess that depends on what kind of a camping trip it is.

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sux 2 b u, razors!!

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i feel like an oppressed minority in this poll.

Hey, if you can manage to use these instruments of terror without it looking like you shaved with a lint roller covered in shards of glass, I say more power to you.

There was a BIC boycott in the nineties because the family that owns the company was using it's winnings to support Front National. I'm not sure if this is still the case.

-- Tuomas, Sunday, 30 September 2007 23:19 (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

Well I don't know about that - but they were always on the lists produced by various folks at the height of the "Freedom Fries" thing. for instance...

http://www.howtobuyamerican.com/content/db/boycottfrance-print.html

So many things on that list I like.

I know there's a disclaimer about things not directly corresponding, but:

Nicoderm Medications Pamprin

Canard-Duchene Champagne
Krug Champagne
Mercier Champagne
Moet And Chandon Champagne
Piper Heidsieck Champagne
Rozes Champagne
Veuve Clicquot Champagne

lol

Bushmills Irish Whiskey
Jameson Irish Whiskey
Paddy Irish Whiskey
Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey

100 Pipers Scotch Whiskey
Aberlour Scotch Whiskey
Chivas Regal Scotch Whiskey
Clan Campbell Scotch Whiskey
Glen Grant Scotch Whiskey
Passport Scotch Whiskey
Royal Salute Scotch Whiskey
Something Special Scotch Whiskey
The Glenlivet Scotch Whiskey
The Heritage Selection Scotch Whiskey

wtf

Owned by LVMH or Pernod Ricard I think

Woah, I thought Paddys was independent!

and that, kids, is why we should all drink bourbon.

There was a BIC boycott in the nineties because the family that owns the company was using it's winnings to support Front National. I'm not sure if this is still the case.

-- Tuomas, Sunday, 30 September 2007 23:19 (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

Well I don't know about that - but they were always on the lists produced by various folks at the height of the "Freedom Fries" thing. for instance...

http://www.howtobuyamerican.com/content/db/boycottfrance-print.html

So many things on that list I like.

Yeah, it's quite hard to find info on the subject, because if you google "BIC boycott", most of the results are American pages telling you to boycott all things French. But I'm pretty sure it was revealed in the 90s that the family which own BIC were supporters of Le Pen and had donated money for Front National. Obviously this is something they'd most likely want to keep hushed down.

Lighters were ripped off here imo.

papermate pens are much better i've found

bic pens are classic for chewing

idk if ive ever come across a different brand of lighter

using a bic razor is savagery